Technology
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US boots up new unified cybersecurity center
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cut the ribbon on Friday on a state-of-the-art unified command center for government cybersecurity efforts.
October 31, 2009, 8:18 am -
Divers probe Mayan ruins submerged in Guatemala lake
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Scuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters.
October 31, 2009, 9:02 am -
Cisco, EMC team up on cloud computing: sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc and EMC Corp are teaming up to sell a new line of networking gear, computers and storage equipment designed for use with cloud computing, according to sources familiar with their plans.
October 31, 2009, 8:22 am -
Horror videogames scare up record sales
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - What do Jigsaw from "Saw," Freddy Krueger, and Jason from "Friday the 13th" all have in common, besides serial killing? Videogames, if the horror stars' latest round of promotions are to be believed.
October 31, 2009, 6:32 am -
Major layoffs loom at Time Inc.: reports
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Time Inc., publisher of Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People and other magazines, plans to lay off some 540 employees starting next week, or six percent of its workforce, The New York Post reported Friday.
October 31, 2009, 6:31 am -
Verizon launches TV-online movie channel
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel on Friday, letting subscribers watch films on-demand on televisions or on the Internet.
October 31, 2009, 5:52 am -
Nokia to close gaming service N-Gage
HELSINKI, Oct 30 - Nokia Oyj will close its battered gaming service N-Gage next year, acknowledging failure in its first major services offering.
October 31, 2009, 5:15 am -
E-readers may not solve publisher woes yet
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Publishers hoping to halt a slide in sales with new electronic reading devices will struggle to get consumers to embrace them until the technology improves, experts say.
October 31, 2009, 4:22 am -
"Spam King" ordered to pay Facebook 711 million dollars
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A US judge has ordered a self-crowned "Spam King" to pay Facebook 711 million dollars for slipping uninvited into people's accounts to send bogus marketing messages.
October 31, 2009, 4:17 am -
Pre-paid mobile phones banned in Indian Kashmir: state TV
SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - India banned pre-paid mobile telephones in Kashmir on Friday, state television reported, following concerns that militants were using them to trigger bombs and hide their identities.
October 31, 2009, 3:24 am -
Sweden to crack down on SMS loans
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - The Swedish government said Friday it would crack down on highly popular youth-targeted SMS loans, as the left-wing opposition demanded a total ban on the loans to minors.
October 31, 2009, 3:20 am -
Cellphone market growth raises pricing fears
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The global cellphone market is set to grow in the holiday sales-fueled October-to-December quarter, after four quarters of falls, raising fears of pricing battles, analysts said on Friday.
October 31, 2009, 12:37 am -
Latin to lose its domain over Internet addresses
SEOUL (Reuters) - The body in charge of assigning the world's Internet users their online addresses on Friday said it had agreed to allow the use of any of the world's scripts, no longer just the Latin alphabet.
October 31, 2009, 12:32 am -
Facebook gets $711 million damages in anti-spam case
(Reuters) - Social networking website Facebook was awarded $711.2 million in damages relating to an anti-spam case against Internet marketer Sanford Wallace, court documents show.
October 31, 2009, 12:31 am -
ABC bites back over Good Game sacking
The ABC has denied sacking the host of a video gaming TV show over his gender, instead putting the dismissal down to performance issues.
ABC - October 30, 2009, 11:56 pm -
Cellphone market seen returning to growth in Q4
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The global cellphone market is set to grow in the holiday sales-fueled October-to-December quarter, after four quarters of falls, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Friday.
October 30, 2009, 2:21 pm -
Gameworld: Horror video games scare up record sales
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - What do Jigsaw from "Saw," Freddy Krueger, and Jason from "Friday the 13th" all have in common, besides serial killing? Video games, if the horror stars' latest round of promotions are to be believed.
October 30, 2009, 12:31 pm -
RealNetworks back in the black, eyes Google tie-up
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. digital media company RealNetworks Inc swung back into the black in the third quarter as cost-cutting offset sliding revenue from music and games.
October 30, 2009, 10:08 am -
Facebook outlines new privacy policy
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook outlined changes to its privacy policy on Thursday and asked for feedback from the social network's more than 300 million users.
October 30, 2009, 9:28 am -
Ariane rocket launches two television satellites
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - An Ariane-5 rocket placed two television satellites in orbit after blasting off from French Guiana on Thursday, space officials said.
October 30, 2009, 9:28 am
